Otsuki / Di Gioacchino / Petrarca Allergy and Immunotoxicology in Occupational Health - The Next Step

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-981-15-4735-5
Verlag: Springer Singapore
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 227 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Current Topics in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

This book presents a collection of the latest clinical and research findings in the field of allergy and immunotoxicology, covering the allergic responses to various nanoparticles and nanomaterials, posttreatment immune reconstruction, and monitoring the workplace environment. Following on from its acclaimed predecessor, the book provides readers with novel insights into immune effects, autoimmune diseases, and the immunotoxicity of various substances, such as silica and asbestos.Allergy and Immunotoxicology in Occupational Health - The Next Step invites readers in the occupational health sector to reflect on critical yet unresolved questions, and provides a foundation for future research on the health impairments resulting from environmental and occupational exposure to these substances.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Otsuki, Takemi

Di Gioacchino, Mario

Petrarca, Claudia

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Mechanisms of action of inhaled particulates on allergic lung inflammation.- 2 Metal Nanoparticle Health Risk Assessment.- 3 Immune toxicity of and allergic responses to nanomaterials.- 4 Inflammation and environmental (ultrafine) nanoparticles.- 5 Monitoring Nanomaterials in the Workplace.- 6 immunotoxicicity of nanoparticles.- 7 Occupational Respiratory Allergic Diseases: Occupational Asthma.- 8 Occupational Respiratory Allergic Diseases: Occupational Rhinitis.- 9 Occupational Skin Diseases.- 10 Expanding concept of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a new view regarding how the immune system fights exogenous pathogens.- 11 Workplace Risk Assessment in Occupational Allergology.- 12 Pesticide and Immunotoxicology.- 13 Clinical evaluation of plasma decoy receptor 3 levels in silicosis.- 14 Reduction of anti-tumor immunity caused by asbestos exposure.

Über Autor(innen)

Takemi OtsukiDepartment of HygieneKawasaki Medical SchoolKurashiki, Okayama, [e-mail] Mario Di Gioacchino Department of Medicine and Science of AgeingUniversity “Gabriele d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara Chieti, Italy [e-mail] Claudia Petrarca Associate Professor of Occupational Medicine Head O.U. Allergy and Immunotoxicology & Occupational BiorepositoryDepartment of Medicine and Aging Sciences - CAST University "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara Via Luigi Polacchi, 11 66013 Chieti - Italy [e-mail]